So every January 1st is always an odd date for me. Everyone is all happy and celebrating and whatnot, and I participate a bit in that, although I usually end up sitting at home when the big moment rolls around. However, January 1st also happens to be the birthdate of my maternal grandmother, who died 4 years ago. And every year, one of my mother's ( Read more... )

Well, here it is. I'm back in the US, settling into my parents house for the moment. I'd like to thank those that read about my travels - I hope it wasn't too boring! I do believe you all have my email, so feel free to email me. I also recieved a cell-phone for christmas (!), and the number is on my Facebook. If you can't view it there, email me ( Read more... )

Well, I'm in Vermont, finally. My plane from Copenhagen to Rejkyavik was delayed, and my flight from Rejkyavik to Boston was delayed, but I made it into the US... minus one bag, which went to Dulles. D'oh!  But the bag should be here by Tuesday, although that's about a day too late for the presents inside of it (second D'oh!). I will, however, live ( Read more... )

Ah, the joys of airline screwups. Apparently, the flight from Copenhagen to Washington DC was overbooked, so I (and a few fellow DIS students) get to spend an extra night in Copenhagen, all expenses paid by SAS, and we get a 1200 euro voucher. It still sucks that I can't go home until tomorrow. :p

So I finished my exams yesterday, which is good. No more work for another month or so! Not sure how I did on grades, so we'll see - hopefully B to B+ range. And now to relax a bit before flying home - and then christmas. Yay!

No, seriously. I may be one of the dumbest people alive ( Read more... )

So it's been a bit since my last update. I still dislike studying for Nordic Mythology, since the load has, if anything, gotten worse. Anyways, fun stuff first ( Read more... )

So today we had a quiz on the Icelandic Sagas we had read so far in my Nordic Mythology class. Studying for it was both hilarious and a pain in the ass like nothing else. You try to keep track of the following people: Sigi, Siggeir, SIgmund, Signy, Sigurd, Sinfjotli, Sigrun, Hogni, Hjordis, Bjarni, Bjarni from a different saga, Thovald, Thorreir, ( Read more... )

Today was awesome. At my practicum site, the guy I go there with and I made a Thanksgiving dinner for the kids and explained to them what Thanksgiving was all about and it's origins and stuff. The kids loved the food; the only things left were peas and mashed potatoes (and we made 7 kilos of mashed potatoes). We also made the little hand-turkeys ( ( Read more... )

Registered for classes. Here's the lineup ( Read more... )